Mr and Mrs Bass Club of Austin

We have found a new meeting location!  We will have the next meeting this coming Tuesday, September 7 at the new location! It is only 2.8 miles further north than Baby A’s.  It is the IHOP at 183 (Research) and Duval. The restaurant has a private meeting room with a door that closes and they will give us separate checks.  Okay, so you can’t have a beer but you can have a “Rooty-Tooty Fresh and Fruity!

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LAKE: Travis
DATE: August, 21st 2010
TIME: 5:00am – 1:00pm
WEIGH IN: Arkansas Bend

Tournament Images

The MMBC Lake Travis tournament results in the Gold’s taking gold, again.  That makes three tournaments in a row that the team has placed first!  Great job.

Mr and Mrs Bass Club of Austin August Lake Travis Results

Leslie and Robert Brown – Current 2010 Anglers of the Year

Ranked including the two dropped tournaments.
August Meeting Points and Travis Tournament included.

Download the full 2010 Standings in PDF format.

The August meeting was held on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, at the Baby Acapulco Restaurant. Teams attending were: Brown, Davis, Gold, Parish/Killough, Sanchez, Trevino, Nicholes/White, and Martinez.

Our President Brenda Davis opened the meeting with a series of birthday greetings: Allen Logan on the 1st, Brent Parish on the 8th, Jerry Gold on the 18th, and Tracy Bohmer on the 21st. Anniversary wishes went out to Jesse and Sugein Sanchez who will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary on the 5th.

Brenda let everyone know that our Club Secretary, Marilyn Connell is on vacation in Colorado so Sugein Sanchez has volunteered to take notes. Brenda also mentioned that Alan Logan suggested that we vote on making Pete Trevino our permanent Tournament Director as he will be unable to make it to several of our upcoming tournaments. The club members voted and Pete was officially made the Director.

Tournaments, Director Pete Trevino
Pete announced the winners from our July Stillhouse tournament and presented them with their winnings.

Members selected 5am to 1pm as the times of the August 21st Tournament to be held on Lake Travis. The weigh-in will be held at Arkansas Bend.

The September tournament will be held on Choke Canyon on Saturday the 11th. Fishing times will be decided at the meeting on the 7th.

October’s tournament will be held on Saturday, October 2nd. Members had chosen O.H. Ivie as the lake, but it was later brought to our attention that Bass Champs will be there on that date and no rooms are available so we will re-vote on a lake at our September 7th meeting.

Our November two-day tournament will be held at Lake Amistad on the 6th and 7th. Rooms for the 5th & 6th are being held at Angler’s Lodge and you can reach them at (830) 775-1586. Brenda must release the non-reserved rooms soon so please make your reservations.

Cliff Davis, Treasurer
Cliff updated us on our financial standings.

Old & New Business
The couples that will be making up the team to compete in the TABC State Championship September 25th and 26th at Choke Canyon Reservoir are, Sugein and Jesse Sanchez, Lesli and Robert Brown, and Leslie Killough and Brent Parish. There was a fourth position open and Lisa White and Larry Nicholes have filled it.

Robert has rented a house in Three Rivers for team members to stay in. The cost of the house as well as the $300 entry fee to the tournament was to be shared by the teams attending. (A few days following the meeting, Robert Brown, Jesse Sanchez, and Lisa White all secured sponsors for the event and most of the above expenses will be covered. Way to go Lisa, Robert, and Jesse!!!) The team will be donating a $25 door prize which will be bought with club funds by Lesli Brown.

Rosemarie Trevino reminded us that she is accepting gently used stuffed animals and books for distribution to Blue Santa. Keep them coming!!!

Prize Drawing, Lesli Brown, Vice President
Lesli did a great job with our monthly raffle. Joe Connell is the current holder of the steal token and he is on vacation so no one will be stealing until the September 7th meeting.

Thanks to Sugein for writing the newsletter this month, great job!

The July meeting was held on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Baby Acapulco restaurant.  Teams attending were: Brown, Connell, Davis, Gold, Parish/Killough, Sanchez, Summers and Trevino.

President Brenda Davis opened the meeting and wished a Happy Birthday to Donna Tyree on July 8 and to Larry Nicholes on July 26, as well as a Happy 41^st anniversary to Gail and Larry Pederzani on July 4^th!  She also expressed congratulations to member Jim Tyree who received his “Master of Dentistry” in New Orleans the weekend of July 10 & 11.  We are proud of you, Jim! Brenda also read a Thank You card from Marilyn Connell.

Club Secretary Marilyn Connell again thanked the members for the Edible Arrangements fruit bouquet that she received while convalescing from knew surgery.  She also thanked Sugein Sanchez for stepping in with the June newsletter and tournament.  Marilyn also reminded members that she and Joe will miss the August meeting due to vacation plans.

Treasurer Cliff Davis gave the financial report.

Tournaments:

Assistant Tournament Director Pete Trevino announced the winners of the June 5 Lake Belton tournament and presented awards.

Members selected 4:00 am to noon as the times of the July 10 Stillhouse Tournament with the weigh-in at the Stillhouse Marina and eating lunch there after the weigh-in.

The August 21^st tournament will be held on Lake Travis and the times and weigh-in location will be chosen at the August 3^rd club meeting.

The lake and date for September was selected and members will fish on September 11, 2010, at Choke Canyon.

The Fall Two-Day tournament dates and location were also chosen at this meeting.  We will fish Lake Amistad on November 6 and 7, 2010.  Rooms have been set aside at The Anglers Lodge on November 5 & 6.  Members are encouraged to make their reservations as soon as possible as the rooms cannot be held for too long.

Old Business

The Team members for the TABC were names.  Team Brown, Parish/Killough, Sanchez and Trevino will represent our club in this tournament to be held on September 25 & 26 on Choke Canyon.  Good luck everyone and thanks for fishing for the MMBC! The tournament and lodging fees will be paid by the above teams this year.  Because of that the club agreed to purchase the annual door prize with funds from the club treasury.  Vice-President and Number One club shopper, Lesli Brown, agreed to select the prize that our club will donate for the TABC raffle drawing.

Prize Drawing, Lesli Brown, Vice President

Lesli did her usual A+ job with the selection and raffle of prizes.  Cliff Davis, owner of the steal token, stole from Joe Connell.  Joe will not be at the August meeting but will carefully look over the prizes at the September meeting and select his favorite!!!

Sugein and Jessie Sanchez – Current 2010 Anglers of the Year

Ranked including the two dropped tournaments.

Download the full 2010 Standings in PDF format.

LAKE: Lake Stillhouse Hollow
DATE: July 10th, 2010
TIME: 4:00am – Noon
WEIGH IN: Stillhouse Hollow Marina

Tournament Images

Recently it seems that the “good old days” of excellent bass fishing on Stillhouse Hollow have become a thing of the past.  Come to think of it, it seems that the bass fishing has been extremely tough on all the lakes we have visited lately.  I don’t think the fish have gotten any smarter, nor do I believe we as anglers have digressed.  I guess the summer’s heat is just too much for fish and anglers alike.  Despite knowing this, eight determined MMBC teams showed up to fish the seventh Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club tournament of the year on July 10th.  The tournament began at 4am in the cool of the night and weigh in was held at the marina at noon.  The tournament started out with some eerie early morning fog blanketing the lake.  The winds were light and the water temperature started out around 82 degrees and climbed to 86 degrees by weigh in time.

On a side note, one thing that made me excited as I fished (not caught) was the amount of hydrilla I saw floating in the lake.  Something I hadn’t seen in a while on Stillhouse.  I also ran across several nice bunches of it growing in the 16-20 foot range at various spots around the lake. Then I ran across it on a shallow flat I was fishing in about 3 to 4 foot of water.  Our only keeper bass of the day came from the shallow hydrilla.  I am optimistic that if the hydrilla continues to grow we can expect great things from Stillhouse again.

On this day the MMBC anglers were not blessed with great fishing and after talking to several folks at the ramp, it seems nobody is catching good numbers of bass on Stillhouse this year.  I even heard rumors of fishing guides refusing to take clients to this lake because it been so tough to catch fish.  With that being said, you can guess that the results I am about to write about are less than spectacular.  However one team prevailed through the adversity and won their second tournament in a row during a time when putting a keeper in the livewell is harder than staying cool on a 100 degree day.

Pat and Jerry Gold caught the most keepers on this day.  Unfortunately for everyone else, it was only three bass weighing 6.79 pounds.  This was still plenty to gain them first place accolades.   I heard at the ramp that Pat caught all the fish that day. Way to go Pat!  She also took woman’s big bass honors with a nice 4.17 pounder.   It looks to me like the Gold’s new Bullet boat is treating them right!  Congrats yall!  In second place was Jessie Sanchez and his guest Dan.  They brought two fish to the scales weighing 4.27 pounds and Jessie took men’s big bass honors with a nice 3.03 pounder.  Rounding out the top three by just a few ounces was Lesli and Robert Brown, with two fish weighing 4.17 pounds.

We now set our sights on Austin’s own Lake Travis for our tournament scheduled on August 21st.  Until then, tight lines and be safe.

Mr and Mrs Bass Club of Austin July Lake Stillhouse Hollow Results

Sugein and Jessie Sanchez – Current 2010 Anglers of the Year

Ranked including the two dropped tournaments.
6/2/10 – June meeting points added.
6/6/10 – June tournament results added.
6/8/10 – Corrected incorrect meeting points for Tyree, Gold and Summers

Download the full 2010 Standings in PDF format.

LAKE: Lake Belton
DATE: June 5th, 2010
TIME: 6:00am – 2:00pm
WEIGH IN: Temple Lake Park

Tournament Images

As most would agree, Lake Belton can be a hit or miss lake.  Most of the MMBC teams that arrived at Temple Lake Park Saturday morning completely missed the target as they aimed to bring a limit of bass to the scales.  As the tournament began, the day looked to be promising with a light wind and slight cloud cover.  Conditions seemed optimal for some good central Texas bass fishing.  However, as the day progressed and temperatures soared into the mid 90′s, most competitors realized that the fishing conditions would be very tough. Of the eight teams that participated zero of them managed to bring a limit of bass to the scales.  Speaking of zeros, half the field brought absolutely no fish to the weigh in at all.  A tough day indeed.

The team of Pat and Jerry Gold managed to round up four finicky Lake Belton bass and take the win fishing out of their flashy new Bullet boat.  Jerry boated a hefty 5.51 pound Belton bucket mouth which took men’s big bass and anchored their sack of 9.59 pounds.  Great job guys on a very tough day of fishing.  Continuing their hot streak and finishing in second place was the team of Rosemarie and Pete Trevino.  They managed to bring three bass to the scales weighing 5.90 pounds.  Rosemarie took women’s big bass honors with a 2.15 pound largemouth.  In third place with two bass weighing 3.02 pounds was the team of Leslie Killough and Brent Parish.  The last team to bring fish to the scales and finishing in fourth place was Brenda and Cliff Davis with one bass weighing 1.22 pounds.  The rest of the competitors only managed to bring in empty livewells to the melting asphalt of the Temple Lake Park parking lot.  It was a truly tough day of fishing and surviving the sweltering heat was an accomplishment in it’s self.

Club members now set their sights on Lake Stillhouse hollow where the July tournament will be held in the cool of the night.

Mr and Mrs Bass Club of Austin June Lake Belton Results

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Capital Area Food Bank
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Volunteer Events:

Take a Soldier Fishing
“Boysville” – A day of fishing with children from an orphanage in San Antonio